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Once the library of financier Pierpont Morgan—now a museum, research library, music venue, architectural landmark, and historic site. #MorganLibrary

New York, NY themorgan.org Joined February 2009

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The Morgan @MorganLibrary Mar 7, 2024

Medieval Money, Merchants, and Morality closes Sun, 3/10! Left, a dying man waits for a priest to perform Last Rites (religious rituals for the dying). Without them, his soul cannot enter heaven but can be admitted to purgatory, seen as a place of purification by fire (right).

Deathbed (left) and Souls Tormented in Purgatory (right)

“The Hours of Catherine of Cleves”

Illuminated by the Master of Catherine of Cleves

The Netherlands, Utrecht, ca. 1440

The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, MS M.917/945, p. 180–fol. 97r. Purchased on the Belle da Costa Greene Fund and through the generosity of the Fellows, 1963 and 1970. Photography by Janny Chiu.

The Morgan @MorganLibrary Feb 29, 2024

Let’s play a game! Here, coins are one of the four suits in a deck of playing cards commissioned by Francesco Sforza, a condottiere (mercenary leader) who became duke of Milan. Appropriately, the enthroned King of Coins holds a huge gold coin as well as a scepter.

Eight of Coins, King of Coins,
and Ten of Coins
Playing Cards
Illuminated by Bonifacio Bembo
Italy, Milan, ca. 1450–80
The Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.630, nos. 20, 32, 33. Photography by Graham S. Haber.

The Morgan @MorganLibrary Feb 26, 2024

Medieval money management advice: the text on this page recommends that when a man nears the age of 48, he should acquire what he needs to sustain him in his old age, an act of prudent money management.

#MorganLibrary
#medievalist

Workshop of Jean Pichore, Man Preparing for His Old Age, from a book of hours, France, Paris, 1510–20. The Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.813, fol. 13r. Photography by Janny Chiu

The Morgan @MorganLibrary Feb 21, 2024

Commissioned by Catherine of Cleves, this prayerbook is one of the greatest Dutch illuminated manuscripts ever produced. The coins in the border are painted so accurately that most can be identified. The saintly Pope Gregory is shown in the central image.

Master of Catherine of Cleves, St. Gregory the Great and Coins, from the Hours of Catherine of Cleves, The Netherlands, Utrecht, ca. 1440. The Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.917/945, p 240. Photography by Janny Chiu

The Morgan @MorganLibrary Feb 20, 2024

Did you catch us on the Today Show yesterday? Curators Philip Palmer and Erica Ciallela were honored to share the story of Belle da Costa Greene and her legacy! #MorganLibrary #BelledaCostaGreene

TODAY Verified account @TODAYshow Feb 19, 2024

J.P. Morgan was a titan in the finance industry — and he had a partner in his quest for rare books.

@LauraAJarrett shares the story of trailblazing librarian Belle da Costa Greene before becoming the curator of Morgan’s museum, all while shielding her identity.

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